The Craggy Crew take you through the game, chat to Andy Friend and Caolin Blade and give their thoughts on Connacht’s excellent 6 try win over Benetton in the first […]
Battering Benetton
Connacht brewed the only storm in the West this week with a 6 try battering of Benetton in the Sportsground. After the disappointing outing in Llanelli last week, the western […]
Midweek prior to Benetton Home Oct 19
Connacht backs coach Nigel Carolan, utility back Kyle Godwin and backrow Paul Boyle spoke to William Davies at the press conference this week where they reflected on a disappointing performance […]
Scarlets v Connacht visits to 22 stats
Connacht lost their 8th game in a row in the Principality and continue their hoodoo of losing their first match of the season since winning the PRO12 in 2016. Looking […]
Scalded by Scarlets
By Linley MacKenzie (this report first appeared in the Galway Advertiser) Connacht’s miserable record continued at Parc y Scarlets in their Guinness Pro 14 season opener on Saturday evening when […]
Connacht can’t weather Scarlets Storm
A disappointing start to the PRO14 season for Connacht as they continue their poor run of not having won the first game of the season since they won the Championship […]
Midweek prior to Scarlets Away Sep 19
The Craggy Crew are back just in time for the new PRO14 season. William Davies caught up with Andy Friend and Caolin Blade at the press conference in the Sportsground. […]
Connacht Can’t Conquer Champions
The Connacht Women put up a spirited but ultimately futile display at Energia Park in the inaugural Women’s Interprovincial Final as they were defeated by a classy Leinster team who […]
Classy Connacht into Interpro Final
Connacht Women caused a major upset by beating a much fancied Munster team in the semi-final of the IRFU Women’s Interprovincial championship at a sunkissed, if breezy, St. Mary’s College […]
Aki & Henshaw – the Connacht Connection
In Ireland’s final warmup the centre partnership of Bundee Aki and Robbie Henshaw lit up the Aviva Stadium. There was plenty of mentions about how quickly they rekindled their symbiotic […]
Connacht Women Lose to Munster
Connacht Women 6 Munster Women 27 Sat 24th September 2019, Sportsground Connacht lost their second match in a row in the Women’s Interprovincial series after Munster outmuscled them in the […]
Connacht Eagles 24 Dragons 19
Friday Aug 23 2019, Sportsground, Galway A dominant display from the Connacht Eagles pack laid the platform for a winning start to their Celtic Cup campaign over a dangerous Dragons […]
Connacht Women Defeated in Donnybrook
It was a tough first out for a young Connacht Women’s team and their new coach Brian McClearn at Energia Park in Dublin in the initial round of this season’s […]
Midsummer news roundup
William Davies and Alan Deegan discuss the Champions Cup draw from a Connacht perspective, mull over how difficult Conference B is in the PRO14 for the next two seasons, talk […]
New Conference Old Foes
The PRO14 conference have been shaken up for the next two seasons with the 4 Irish Provinces and 2 Welsh regions are swapping conferences.At first glance it looks like Connacht […]